www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Nonehttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/brad-coker/?utm_medium=RSS2011-09-11T18:05:08-04:00Florida looms large in GOP nomination race2011-09-11T18:05:08-04:00Charles Babingtonhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/sep/11/florida-looms-large-in-gop-nomination-race/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Take a breather, Iowa and New Hampshire.</p> <p>Florida is about to get into the Republican presidential race big time, starting with a televised debate Monday in Tampa and ending with an early primary in 2012 that conceivably could wrap up the nomination.</p> <p>It's quite plausible that front-runners Rick Perry and ...'Old school' Hatch girds for new wave in primary2011-01-30T20:24:08-05:00Valerie Richardsonhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/30/old-school-hatch-girds-for-new-wave-in-primary/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>A year ago, the thought that Robert F. Bennett, a conservative Mormon Republican incumbent from Utah, could lose his Senate seat in the absence of any scandal was nearly unimaginable.</p> <p>But it happened. And now the same set of treacherous circumstances is starting to fall into place for Mr. Bennett's ...Pedigrees touted in Missouri race2010-08-29T20:48:08-04:00Joseph Weberhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/aug/29/pedigrees-touted-in-missouri-race/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>In the supposed year of the outsider, Missouri didn't get the memo.</p> <p>The race for the state's open U.S. Senate seat, expected to be one of the most competitive in the nation, pits seven-term Rep. Roy Blunt, former No. 2 in the House GOP leadership, against Missouri Secretary of State ...Poll: Reid has 7-point lead on rival2010-07-18T19:28:04-04:00Sean Lengellhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/18/poll-says-reid-has-7-point-lead-on-rival/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, whose re-election bid has been bogged down by poor polling numbers the past year, has a seven-percentage-point lead in a new survey after a volley of aggressive TV ads aimed at his Republican challenger.</p> <p>It's the largest independent poll lead this year for the Nevada ...